# Softball at the 1998 Asian Games

Softball was contested by seven teams at the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand from December 7 to December 16.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary round | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final | G | Grand final |
| Event↓/Date → | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon | 15th Tue | 16th Wed | 16th Wed |
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | | F | G |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Women details | China An Zhongxin Chen Hong Deng Xiaoling Mu Xia Qin Xuejing Tao Hua Wang Lihong Wang Xiaoyan Wang Ying Wei Qiang Xu Jian Yan Fang Yu Yanhong Zhang Chunfang Zhang Yanqing | Japan Misako Ando Yumiko Fujii Noriko Harada Taeko Ishikawa Kumiko Ito Yoshimi Kobayashi Shiori Koseki Naomi Matsumoto Tomoe Matsumoto Haruka Saito Juri Takayama Reika Utsugi Miyo Yamada Noriko Yamaji Miwa Tanoue | Chinese Taipei Chiang Hui-chuan Chien Chen-ju Feng Wei-ning Han Hsin-lin Hsieh Yu-ping Hsu Yu-ling Lai Sheng-jung Lee Ming-chieh Lee Szu-ting Liu Chia-chi Ou Ching-chieh Tu Hui-mei Tu Hui-ping Wang Ching-lien Wang Ya-fen |

## Results
### Round robin

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 6 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 1.000 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 43 | 8 | .833 | 1 | Semifinals |
| 3 | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | .500 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | .500 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 5 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | .333 | 4 | |
| 6 | Philippines | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 35 | .333 | 4 | |
| 7 | Thailand | 6 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 62 | .000 | 6 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: PRK 3–2 TPE.
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: KOR 3–0 PHI.
| 7 December | North Korea | 3–0 | South Korea | Bangkok |
| 7 December | Philippines | 2–10 | Japan | Bangkok |
| 7 December | Thailand | 1–16 | China | Bangkok |
| 8 December | Chinese Taipei | 11–0 | Philippines | Bangkok |
| 8 December | China | 2–0 | North Korea | Bangkok |
| 8 December | South Korea | 0–3 | Japan | Bangkok |
| 9 December | Chinese Taipei | 11–0 | Thailand | Bangkok |
| 9 December | China | 3–1 | Japan | Bangkok |
| 9 December | Philippines | 3–1 | North Korea | Bangkok |
| 10 December | Philippines | 0–10 | China | Bangkok |
| 10 December | Chinese Taipei | 2–3 | North Korea | Bangkok |
| 10 December | South Korea | 6–1 | Thailand | Bangkok |
| 11 December | South Korea | 0–12 | China | Bangkok |
| 11 December | North Korea | 10–0 | Thailand | Bangkok |
| 11 December | Chinese Taipei | 3–8 | Japan | Bangkok |
| 12 December | Thailand | 0–13 | Japan | Bangkok |
| 12 December | Philippines | 0–3 | South Korea | Bangkok |
| 12 December | Chinese Taipei | 0–4 | China | Bangkok |
| 13 December | Philippines | 6–0 | Thailand | Bangkok |
| 13 December | South Korea | 0–1 | Chinese Taipei | Bangkok |
| 13 December | Japan | 8–0 | North Korea | Bangkok |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Grand final | Grand final | Grand final |
| 1 | China | 2 | | | | 1 | China | 5 |
| 2 | Japan | 1 | | | | 2 | Japan | 0 |
| | | | 2 | Japan | 8 | | | |
| | | | 4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | |
| 3 | North Korea | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | | | | | | |

#### Semifinals

| 14 December | China | 2–1 | Japan | Bangkok |
| 14 December | North Korea | 1–4 | Chinese Taipei | Bangkok |

#### Final

| 16 December | Japan | 8–0 | Chinese Taipei | Bangkok |

#### Grand final

| 16 December | China | 5–0 | Japan | Bangkok |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
| | China | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| | Japan | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| | Chinese Taipei | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | North Korea | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Philippines | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Thailand | 6 | 0 | 6 |